<p>Maybe their EA policy was causing mass confusion for the Admissions Office in trying to predict yield, in which case, why wouldn’t they go to ED? Ugh, I was certainly thinking that Binghamton was our EA school also.</p>
<p>well, if there was mass confusion with EA (which apparently there was) how do they think RD is going to remedy that? waitlist heavily and go to waitlist excessively? sounds like some other schools which will not be mentioned here…hmmmm…we are 2011, but we will have to closely watch how this plays out…</p>
<p>Wow. I think that just knocked Binghamton off D’s list.</p>
<p>zoosermom - well, my D’s keeping it on her list, but I have to find out if other SUNYs are changing their policy as well. I’d like her to have at least one state school that’s either EA or rolling.</p>
<p>limom: let us know when you find out, thanks…</p>
<p>My D didn’t like Binghamton at all, although she didn’t hate it as much as she hated Stonybrook. We had agreed to keep in on the list as a belleweather, but that’s not going to happen now. She’s interested in New Paltz, so I have to see if it has EA.</p>
<p>zoosermom - well, I like the town of New Paltz a lot better than the city of Binghamton, and it’s closer to home, but D has already said no because she doesn’t care for the kids from her school who end up going there.</p>
<p>I’m going to look into Stony Brook and Geneseo, you check out New Paltz - then we’ll post our responses and see what they have to say.</p>
<p>My D didn’t love Binghamton - especially once she’d experienced Cornell - but she’ll probably apply. Just out of curiosity, what did your D hate about Stony Brook? We haven’t gotten around to visiting it yet.</p>
<p>It’s a deal, LiMom!</p>
<p>We went to Stonybrook on a weekend afternoon during the semester and the place was a ghost town. At one point, we were standing in an elevated courtyard and there wasn’t another soul around. She also hated the trip. It’s a very ugly drive from Staten Island.</p>
<p>My brother lives near New Paltz. It’s a pretty area and fairly commutable. We were supposed to visit the weekend of my mother’s cancer diagnosis, so we will be rescheduling soon.</p>
<p>She just signed up for more information from Oberlin, U. Del. and Wells. Does anyone know anything about Wells?</p>
<p>We are visiting Oberlin at the end of next month while we are in the Cleveland area for a family affair. Will post observations at that time.</p>
<p>Having no sense of direction, do you know how far Oberlin is from Case Western?</p>
<p>zoosermom - that’s my big fear about Stony Brook - that it’ll be a “suitcase” school, with most of the kids going home on weekends. </p>
<p>I’m sorry about your mom, btw. I’m sure it can’t be easy for you to deal with that while going through the college thing. I hope things work out for her.</p>
<p>D’s gotten mail from all of those schools, but hasn’t expressed any interest in them. I’ve heard that Wells is a good value, but really I don’t know much about the school - sorry.</p>
<p>zoosermom - I’m sorry, but didn’t you say a few posts back that your D realized she doesn’t want to go far from home? Surprised to see you looking at schools in Ohio…lol.</p>
<p>She’s willing to “look” at schools away. The question is will she go there. Case is on her radar because of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the museums right in the area. I’m probably being wasteful to have her look, but who knows?</p>
<p>Case is in Cleveland, right? And Oberlin is often cited with Cleveland as the closest major city. --And CB’s “Map It” feature confirms my hunch.</p>
<p>I’ve yet to tour UDel, despite (or perhaps due to) living 15 minutes away; but I can tell you that Morris Library is huge (in the good, tons-of-books way), and the Green really does look like a private college campus (until you step off it).</p>
<p>Shoes begin to drop in CA. S just brought home his pre-scheduling worksheet for senior year. There is only ONE AP science listed! Thanks goodness he got in under the wire this year for AP Physics C. He wanted AP Chemistry for next year but all that’s offered is AP Biology (at least there are honors classes in chem and physics but he already took honors chem.) He may need to do some re-thinking here. I will encourage him to talk to the teacher and take a look at the book, at least.</p>
<p>Also as suspected, there will be no AP Calc BC next year, just AB. Once again, he’s under the barbed wire of budget cuts because he took BC as a sophomore.</p>
<p>I just can’t believe the science program though. All the other core academic disciplines have at least two AP classes, except for science. What are they thinking?? It’s not that easy to do an AP science class online. Online labs?</p>
<p>Findaplace, Does his school offer duel credit with a local college? That is what my kid is doing for Calc BC.</p>
<p>FindAPlace–that’s terrible about the budget cuts. Really sad. </p>
<p>zoosermom–Case is indeed in an area called University Circle which is rich in museums as well as the Cleveland Institute of Music & Severance Hall (symphony). Downtown (R&R Hall of Fame and the lakefront) is easily accessible by public transportation. You can even get to the airport by public transport.</p>
<p>And the winters are no more severe than Vermont. ;)</p>
<p>Yesterday I told my son, if it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t get any mail!
Too bad he treats it all like junk mail. I remember my other kids being more engaged in the process by this time…</p>
<p>Pugmadkate:</p>
<p>We have something similar with the local CC. However, the closer one (literally, as close as the HS, just the other direction) has no options that really fit. The further away one is much better, highly regarded for transfers to UC, good courses but is in Santa Monica. This poses a huge logistical challenge for a S with after school aquatics, two working parents and no driver’s license (although the latter may be resolved this afternoon with his first sitting for the behind the wheel test. :)</p>
<p>I may need to cajole him into at least looking into AP Bio, talking to the teacher, looking at the textbook. It certainly shows a much higher AP test pass rate at the HS than AP Chem, which is a rock bottom of all the APs at a mere 15%, ugh. </p>
<p>For the moment being, for better or for worse, this causes us to focus in on something other than the future and college, although his Sr year schedule is certainly related to it.</p>
<p>FindAPlace - Would you help me understand the connection between budget cuts and AP classes? Are APs more expensive than other classes? If so, how?</p>